Exclamation sentences are usually determined by the content and way of expressing admiration, surprise, joy and other feelings.
What modifies nouns and how modifies adjectives, adverbs or verbs. The exclamatory sentence has the following structure:
Mastering its collocation means mastering the key points of exclamatory sentences.
How+ adjective +a+ noun+declarative word order
How+ Adjective or Adverb+Statement Word Order
What+Noun+Statement Word Order
What +a+ Adjective+Noun+Statement Word Order
What+adjectives+plural nouns+declarative word order
What+adjectives+uncountable nouns+declarative word order
What a clever boy he is!
How cute this baby is!
What noise are they making!
What a clever boy he is!
What a great idea!
What cold weather!
The ellipsis form of exclamatory sentences is:
What a clever boy!
Definition: sentences expressing strong emotions (joy, anger, sorrow, joy, surprise, fear, etc.). ) is called an exclamation sentence.
Strong emotions are usually expressed in the following three ways:
(a) Use interjections;
(b) Use only emotional words, such as:
Water! Water! Come on!
(water! Water! Come on! -such as putting out a fire or saving people. )
What is that smell!
What is that smell! -for example, there is a strange taste when eating)
Use "How to …!" Or "What (a)…!" Sentences, such as:
Helen, you are so beautiful!
Helen, you are so beautiful! )
What beautiful flowers!
How beautiful this flower is! )
The subject verb of this sentence can also be omitted to highlight the strong feelings, such as:
How cruel!
(It's really terrible! -such as trying kidnapping cases. )
How beautiful (these flowers) are
How beautiful these flowers are! )
(d) Use short sentences with mood to express exclamation, such as:
You're kidding!
You're kidding! -expressing surprise)
I hate you!
I hate you! -Express anger or despair)
Types of practice sentences:
Please find out the imperative sentences and exclamations in the following article. Please underline it if necessary. If it is an exclamation point, please add an exclamation point.
"Tom Susan" said Betty.
"Will you come here?
Let's see what I have.
Look what's in my box. "
Tom said, "Here we come.
We will come soon.
We want to see what you have. "
"Look, Tom, look," said Susan.
"Look at that white kitten.
What a lovely kitten.
I like this little pet. "
"Look, Susan," said Tom.
"See the kitten running to Betty.
Kittens like Betty. "
"Tom, Tom," said Betty.
"I saw my white kitten run away.
See my kitten running to the tree.
Tom, can you bring my kitten back? "
Tom said, "I'm leaving.
I want this kitten. "
Tom said, "Look up at that tree.
I saw the kitten climb the tree. "
"My, my" father said.
"This kitten runs very fast.
What a lively kitten!
"Lively, lively," said Betty.
"You are a lively kitten.
The lively kitten is my little pet. "
-The White House, Odil Owsley.
How to judge what to use or how to use it in exclamatory sentences?
1. exclamatory sentences are usually guided by what, how, what modified nouns and how modified adjectives or adverbs.
A.How+ adjective/adverb+(subject+predicate+others)!
B.what+a/an+ singular countable nouns+(subject+predicate+others)!
What+ countable noun plural+(subject+predicate+other)!
What+ uncountable nouns+(subject+predicate+others)!
2. Change declarative sentences into exclamatory sentences: break, go, add and change.
Sentence breaking: Find the subject-predicate component of a declarative sentence and break the sentence.
She is a famous band.
What a famous band she is!
Second, if the second half of a line is an adjective or adverb, the words that modify the adjective or adverb should be deleted.
Jackie Chan is very famous.
How famous Jackie Chan is.
Three plus: add an exclamation point before the last part of the line. If the head word in the following line is a noun, what to add; ; If the central words in the back part of the line are adjectives, adverbs, etc. , how to add.
Four changes: change the uppercase and lowercase letters that need to be changed, such as the first letter of a sentence, and change the symbol "!" At the end of the sentence. .
3. Choose an exclamatory sentence to complete the exclamatory sentence, usually using the method of "breaking".
Break: the break between nouns (or adjectives, adverbs, etc.). ) and pronouns (or nouns).
1) _ _ _ _ _ nice/gift is! A
2) _ _ _ _ _ _ Good gift/indeed! D
A. What is what?
The second discrimination: identify the part of speech of the head word before word segmentation. If it is a noun, what to choose; If it is a singular countable noun, add the article a or an between the interjection what and the noun; If it is a plural countable noun, use what without any article; If it is an adjective or adverb, choose how.
Comparison:
A.how exciting!
B.what an exciting movie!
C.how exciting this movie is!
D. What a beautiful day!
E. What a brave boy!
F. What brave boys they are!